Author's Note: Burning Man is the world's greatest fantasy event. This story is based on an actual encounter.
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The sun was up and already hot. Voices were speaking to me, although an incredible hangover headache prevented comprehension.
"Look at him! What are you doing, lying in the dust?"
I glanced down, groaning. Overnight, the wind had come up and I was covered in an inch or two of white. Playa dust from the Black Rock desert not only covered me, but also my sleeping bag, my cot, and everything else in the fancy big tent I had bought for this trip. The dust was itchy and awful.
I sat up with great difficulty. "Water?"
"Elena, is he too stupid for us? Who puts up a tent and leaves it without the fly in a dust storm?"
Elena handed me her water bottle with a sympathetic nod. "He has troubles, like he said last night. Woman trouble."
The other voice, which I dimly remembered belonged to Katerina, said, "Come with us. You need shower first before we talk."
I stumbled after them, clad only in my shorts, asking, "What was in that punch? I am dying."
"Is special homemade vodka from our uncle Ivan's still. Very potent. We told you to sip, but you gulped. Is very popular. He has many customers from Park Slope. We brought some for the giving."
The side of their large rental box truck had a shower rigged up, complete with the required basin to capture gray water. They pulled off my shorts and thrust me under the head, which dripped a barely adequate amount of lukewarm water. Before I could say anything, two naked female bodies were standing in the basin with me. It was crowded but delightful. They had liquid soap and soon we all were sliding on each other. Elena placed my hand over her substantial breast and said, "We wash each other. Saves water."
Two things were happening. My head was clearing and my cock was growing. They grabbed him and giggled. "Yes. In the book it says he is well-endowed. This will be ok."
Still in a fog, I was led to one of their camp chairs and allowed to dry in the desert breeze. Elena approached with a full glass of something and said, "Drink. Old Russian recipe. Good for hangover."
There was a portable camp table to go with the camp chairs and soon breakfast appeared. Fruit, juice, bagels, sliced ham, cream cheese, black bread.
"Is Brooklyn breakfast. Ok?"
"Yes. Very ok." I gazed at my companions, whom I had known since yesterday afternoon. Curly hair, strong Slavic features. Ample bosums. Hips that could have been well padded, but weren't. Muscled thighs and legs. All three of us were naked, which would have been strange, except that we were at Burning Man, where many thousands of mostly naked people were spending the week.
My head was much better and I apologized for being such a lunkhead.
The women looked at each other. "Do we know lunkhead?"
I explained, "I grew up in Minnesota. Someone very dull was called a lunkhead by the
Swedes."
Elena was sitting in my lap, her left breast less than six inches from my lips.
"You remember, we are librarians? Supposed to know words. You will teach us more strange American words?"
I hugged her and licked the prominent pink nipple so close by. "Yes, words I can tell you about. I am a plumber and a part time writer."
Katarina said, "In Russia, plumbers are very important. Make outhouses go away."
But not at Burning Man. Legions of porta potties were down every avenue, complete with washing stations for hands.
Elena got off my lap and climbed into the truck. Katerina caught me eyeing the bare behind of her sister and said, "You are bad. That is for later." Her smile was wide.
I crooked my finger and she assumed Elena's position on my lap. Her breast was equally lickable. Her lips were warm and her tongue found mine. I said, "Better."
Elena was back, hitching her chair closer and opening a book on her knees.
"Pay attention. That is special boob. Is not going away."
I asked if they were twins, even though they did not look much alike. "Yes, what is word... We are fraternal twins, two eggs."
Yesterday, over way too much vodka punch, they had told me the story of being sent from Russia to their uncle Ivan in Brooklyn when they finished elementary school. Their mother, a divorced mathematics professor, told them there was no future for academics in Omsk, and they should study hard in America and make careers there.
Even though there was a large Russian community, where they could speak their native language, Ivan was firm that in America, one speaks English, and made them struggle through language lessons from the first days of their arrival.
They were very smart, and did well in school. Ivan sent each report card back home to Svetlana, who wrote long letters about scholarship, and respect for learning. They got into City University of New York on the special program for gifted students. Ivan and Momma had letters back and forth about their majors. And also about boys.